This year’s Women’s Leadership Project (WLP)-sponsored Black LGBTQIA+ Institute was truly one to remember. Not only because it was made possible by the generous grant of $1,000 given to us by the American Humanist Association, but because the group was one of our most engaged and ambitious groups of students yet. We had the honor of hosting WLP and GSA Network high school students from Hamilton High School, Mann UCLA, and King Drew Medical Magnet High School. Taking place at the UCLA Charles Young Research Library, it was a fitting location outside of where we have traditionally held institutes at the Stoneview Nature Center in Culver City. Because the location was a college campus, the event provided students with a two-in-one field trip. Students had the opportunity to visit a possible choice for higher education while also gaining enriching experience from the Institute and all it had to offer. During the Institute, students were facilitated by WLP Alumni, Ashantee Polk and Brianna Simone, who led them through introductions, ground rules, queer-empowering affirmations and icebreakers. To …